in the united states in a national election. >> meantime, the son of virginia democratic congressman jim moran quit his father's campaign after a conservative group released undercover video of the congressman's son in a plan to cast fraudulent ballots and the attorney general is investigating a gop operative for throwing away voter registration forms in a dumpster. joining me now jane mayor whose new article takes an in-depth look at voter fraud. it's good to see you, jane, good morning. >> great to this me with you, chris. >> the title of your article is "the voter fraud myth" people might look at the examples and say, well, there are examples out there, but what do we know about how prevalent voter fraud is really? >> that's what i was trying to look in to and basically what i found the kind of fraud that is voter i.d. fraud, that is voters going to the polls and pretending to be someone else that they're not, it's almost nonexistent. it was that kind of fraud that really fueled the push for the new voter i.d. laws in 37 states have had this kind of legislation pushed. and, you kn